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White Object Erratic Over Middle East Waters, May 2020

ISR crew tracked solid white object making erratic movements above water before losing contact.

Event

May 8, 2026

Location

Middle East

Source

PURSUE Program

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

A solid white object flew through the ISR sensor field of view, made erratic movements above the water, was zoomed to 4x, and was lost due to poor track placement.

Notable Characteristics

  • Color: white
  • Environment: sky

Reported Motion

  • erratic movements above water

Evidence Notes

  • Crew description on official debrief form.
  • Intermittent stable trackfile noted.
  • Sensor operator continuously manipulated sensor to maintain track.

Official debrief documents ISR sensor contact with unresolved white object exhibiting erratic motion, tracked intermittently at high altitude over water.

Shape read

Unknown

Sensors

ATFLIR, ISR

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Possible drone or balloon affected by winds.
  • Sensor artifact or track loss from manipulation.

Anomalous Indicators

  • Erratic movements requiring constant sensor adjustment.
  • Re-acquisition after temporary loss.
  • Unresolved status per report title.

Evidence Gaps

  • No visual tally achieved.
  • No AIM-9x self-track or ATFLIR autotrack.
  • Exact size, propulsion, or markings unknown.
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

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Sensor ContactExact quote
"While preforming an ISR tasking (UL TN/Black Hot/Lin), a solid w ite1object flew through the FOV. There was a temporarily lose of the object but re-acquired shortly there after. The crew was able to follow the object as it appeared to make erratic moments above the water. During the follow, crew was able to obtain 4x zoom on the object but lost the object due to poor track place ment."

Unknown speaker, ISR Crew

Free-text description of contact and interaction.

Source

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

No mesh nodes yet. As more vault dumps land, this graph teeth out.

Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
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DOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020

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